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I'm glad to hear your husband is not currently in pain. As person with spinal stenosis I would encourage your husband to do some exercises to try to avoid any trapped nerves. A physio can help him work out which ones to do and how much.

It all depends whether a nerve is being tweaked by the spinal degeneration. If it isn't he is less likely to be in pain - lucky man!

My upper spine is suffering from wear and tear, usual symptoms, I understand are pain in the neck - I have no neck pain at all. The only symptom I have is numbness in a couple of my fingers, which I mistook as being part of my carpal tunnel syndrome.

Two people with exactly the same structural problem will have completely different symptoms, one will have pain and one will not.